The life of a serial entrepreneur juggling so many businesses can feel like juggling fireballs; it feels exciting, yet risky as hell.

Yvonne Buluma-Samba, the founder and CEO of LocaeRise is a serial Entrepreneur, who has a very interesting educational background.

As a former Educator and Head of Department who has witnessed the challenges faced not just in classrooms but in the school as a whole, brought up an innovation to bridge the gap between schools and public institutions that need supplies and local, sustainable businesses that provide them.

This innovation led to the birth of LocaeRise as a tech company.

Beyond LocaeRise, she also juggles other businesses like BuildLocalGrowGlobal including Mentorship and Community Service.

One would wonder how the CEO of LocaeRise pulls through, despite her other commitments alongside LocaeRise.

Building a team of SkilledUp Life volunteers is the game-changing hack she’s leveraged to grow her tech company.

Subscription Cycle of LocaeRise

Yvonne has actively been leveraging the services of SkilledUp Life recurrently.

It all started in August 2022, when E-Spaces took a monthly subscription with SkilledUp Life. They went on a six-month break, after which the tech company returned for another month. They took another one-month gap again and then returned for a four-month plan.

After another two-month break, Yvonne returned for a one-month subscription to her second brand- My Wellbeing Champion.

After which she took a very long break and returned in December 2024 with LocaeRise, till date.

This recurring engagement pattern highlights both the value of SkilledUp Life volunteers and Yvonne’s journey of testing, learning, and refining her approach as a tech startup founder.

Experience with SkilledUp Life

SkilledUp Life has helped Yvonne scale her business affordably, with no paid employees while leveraging the services of 35 exceptionally skilled volunteers to run the business.

This translates to better time management, more budget for other operational costs, and increased ROI.

Take a look at what a typical team structure at LocaeRise looks like. 

Here’s what Yvonne said about her journey with SkilledUp Life after resubscribing in December 2024:

“Our journey with SkilledUp Life has mirrored our startup evolution. In 2022 with E-Spaces, we were still exploring market fit and faced challenges with team structure and operational priorities. By late 2023, MyWellbeingChampion was an experimental spin-off idea, but the broader focus on education and sustainability was not yet central to our work. SkilledUp Life provided access to incredible volunteers, but the timing and alignment with our organisational maturity weren’t optimal. We learned a lot from those earlier experiences, particularly the importance of clear role definition, onboarding processes, and structured goals for volunteers.

“Now, with LocaeRise, we’re in a much stronger position. We’ve refined our strategy, built a clearer roadmap, and identified specific ways SkilledUp Life can support us. We see SkilledUp Life not just as a talent provider but as a strategic partner in helping us grow sustainably.”

LocaeRise isn’t the only tech company that has grown by subscribing to SkilledUp Life.

Go here and here to see for yourself.

Scaling a startup is a lot of work, not to talk of being a serial entrepreneur who juggles so many businesses- that’s a rollercoaster.

But then with SkilledUp Life’s global talent pool of over 54,000 extremely skilled volunteers, it becomes manageable.

Start growing your tech startup affordably, with our skilled volunteers.

This article was written by Ezinne Agbai, a SkilledUp Life copywriter.